Donald Trump’s post-Late Show victory lap took an AI turn Friday evening.
One day after Stephen Colbert ended his 11-year run as host of The Late Show, Trump shared an AI-generated video on Truth Social depicting himself tossing Colbert into a dumpster on the stage of the Ed Sullivan Theater.
The official White House social accounts also shared the clip.
The video then shows a triumphant Trump doing his familiar “Y.M.C.A.” dance as the Village People song plays.
“Bye-bye,” the White House’s caption read, alongside a waving-hand emoji.
Bye-bye 👋 pic.twitter.com/5dPeXDflyh
— The White House (@WhiteHouse) May 22, 2026
The AI video marked the third Colbert-related message from Trump in less than 24 hours, following two other posts after Colbert’s final show.
The first arrived roughly an hour after Colbert signed off from CBS Thursday night. “Colbert is finally finished at CBS,” Trump wrote. “Amazing that he lasted so long! No talent, no ratings, no life. He was like a dead person. You could take any person off of the street and they would be better than this total jerk. Thank goodness he’s finally gone!”
Trump followed Friday with a broader shot at late night, writing that Colbert’s “firing” from CBS was the “Beginning of the End” for “untalented, nasty, highly overpaid, not funny, and very poorly rated Late Night Television Hosts.”
“Others, of even less talent, to soon follow,” he added. “May they all Rest in Peace!”
Colbert ended his CBS run Thursday without mentioning Trump by name. His finale leaned instead into sentiment and spectacle, including a sci-fi subplot, a series-ending performance from Paul McCartney, and appearances from fellow late-night hosts Jimmy Fallon, Jimmy Kimmel, Seth Meyers, John Oliver, and Jon Stewart.
Better hope Trump doesn’t watch Michigan public access TV. As LateNighter first reported, Colbert popped up unannounced on another late-night show late Friday night, returning to Only in Monroe, the (very) low budget cable access show he guest-hosted in the run-up to his CBS debut in 2015.
